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Baby New Year Explained (VIDEO)

January 1, 2012 by JJ

The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600 BC. It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. 
Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
Although the early Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to reevaluate its position. 
The Church finally allowed its members to celebrate the new year with a baby, which was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus.
The use of an image of a baby with a New Years banner as a symbolic representation of the new year was brought to early America by the Germans. 
They had used the effigy since the fourteenth century.

Check out the above (dubbed over) movie of Baby New Year thinking about his role and influence on new ideas in the new year and his quest to take over Father Time’s job. It’s cute and funny. 

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